Quarterly Newsletters

Chip’s quarterly personal newsletters. A short, less frequent version of the Adventure Updates. This is for people that can only take us (me) in small doses. These go all -the-way back to 2006.

Second Quarter 2009

I am pleased to introduce you to our daughter Grace Emily Williamson!  I don’t really understand why everyone always wants the “stats” when a baby is born like it is a fish we caught or a buck that we bagged…

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First Quarter 2009

Most of you are aware that Melani and I are expecting our first child in the beginning of February. That alone is enough to cause some serious anxiety and apprehension.  But we seem to be people that tend to aggregate major…

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Fourth Quarter 2008

A little over a year ago I wrote about the two miscarriages Melani and I suffered through in 2007 in one of our quarterly newsletters.  Those were certainly dismal days for us, but we pushed on.  Today, I am happy…

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Third Quarter 2008

The Williamsons:  For the last few years I have tried to make apoint of taking one afternoon or morning each academic year and meeting with Melani’s students.  Although I enjoy the enthusiasm I am usually met with by the class,…

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Second Quarter 2008

The Wiliamsons:  Wow – Spring is finally here! I usually try to cover something that happened in the recent past in our newsletter – but unfortunately, it was somewhat of an uneventful quarter.  So I thought it might be appropriate…

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